The Economist on Buffett’s donation to the Gates Foundation
The July 1, 2006, issue of The Economist has three articles on Warren Buffett donating his billions to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They include analysis of the problem I wrote about last week: will the Gates Foundation be able to absorb all of that money and still be effective?
- Billanthropy: How to spend money and influence people (subscription required)
- The new powers in giving: Warren Buffett has joined Bill and Melinda Gates to create the world’s biggest charitable foundation. The hard part will be giving their money away well
- How to spend it: Where money could have the biggest effect on global health
Tags: Berkshire Hathaway, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Economist, Warren Buffett
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